Politics: A crowdfunding campaign to support the families of Manchester attack victims has raised £750,000 in a single day

More than 31,000 people have backed the appeal to help victims' families.

A crowdfunding campaign to raise money to provide support for the families of those injured and killed in the Manchester terrorist attack has raised more than £750,000 in just a single day.

The campaign, launched by staff at the Manchester Evening News on Tuesday morning, was created after readers got in touch with the paper to ask how they could help in the aftermath of the attack. It initially aimed to raise £250,000 but surpassed that target in just over four hours.

"Manchester Evening News readers have been asking how they can help, so we have started this fund to help support the families in the aftermath of the attack," the description of the campaign on fundraising site JustGiving says.

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 50 people injured following what is believed to have been a suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert.

After growing rapidly all day Tuesday, by Wednesday morning the appeal has reached a total of £757,839 and is still rising. 31,139 separate backers have pledged money to help victims' families.

The official Twitter account of the Manchester Evening News tweeted to say that online fashion retailer Boohoo.com — which has its head office close to the site of the attack — has donated £100,000 to the campaign.

You can donate to the campaign by clicking this link.

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